165: Focusing Lights On Broadway Producing with Richard Winkler

Broadway producer Richard Winkler talks about how he transitioned from lighting design to producing. In 2024, Richard is producing 15 shows between Broadway and The West End.

 

Topics:

⭐️ Good theatre

⭐️ A Chorus Line

⭐️ Commissioning a new musical

⭐️ Switching careers from lighting designer to producer

 

Video Version

https://youtu.be/HXgcMEw0bP4

 

Full Interview

https://www.patreon.com/posts/164-focusing-on-110904789?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

 

Richard Winkler

https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-winkler-452a9111/

https://www.instagram.com/winklerbroadway/

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/richard-winkler-25957

 

3 Summers of Lincoln

https://lajollaplayhouse.org/show/3-summers-of-lincoln/

 

Red Hanger Productions

http://www.redhangerproductions.com/

 

Junkyard Dogs Productions

https://www.jydprod.com/about

 

Doris Kearns Goodwin

https://doriskearnsgoodwin.com/about-doris/

 

Joe DiPietro discussing Diana: The Musical

https://youtu.be/9X6rWzUYb_w?si=dDq0cwrhigvk3J-h&t=1296

Story starts at 21:36

 

Joe DiPietro

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/joe-dipietro-383115

 

Toni Leslie James - Costume Designer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/toni-leslie-james-24978#Awards

 

Amanda Zieve - Lighting Designer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/amanda-zieve-471082

 

Howell Binkley - Lighting Designer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/howell-binkley-25554

 

Ken Billington - Lighting Designer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ken-billington-24677

 

David Rockwell - Set Designer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/david-rockwell-82068

 

Sue Frost - Producer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/sue-frost-71850

 

Longacre Theater

https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/longacre-theatre-1240

 

Broadway Theater

https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/broadway-theatre-1496

 

Tharon Musser

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/tharon-musser-25815

 

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Day%27s_Journey_into_Night

 

Jean Rosenthal

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jean-rosenthal-25879

 

Groucho: A Life In Revue

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho:_A_Life_in_Revue

 

Instagram Handles

@winklerbroadway

@ethansteimel

@nicolevsteimel

 

Interview by Ethan Steimel